Archive: January, 2009

Goodwill and Motivation

January 19th, 2009 by Jarkko (4 Comments)

Why good people do good things?

I don’t find the question of good people doing bad things nearly as interesting as the one of good people doing good things. We are a greedy, sometimes quite ignorant bunch of people. We seek to do the right thing (which makes us good enough), but still can’t help but think, “What’s in it for me?”

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Blogging and The Dip

January 9th, 2009 by Jarkko (5 Comments)

In his book, The Dip, Seth Godin talks about a period of hard times that you have to get through before you can become the best in what you do.

At first, everything goes smoothly and you seem unstoppable. Then, as if there was some kind of dark magic at play, you hit a wall that you just need to struggle through to get to the next level. 

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